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Attorneys for the state and company told a judge Friday that GSK also will pay an additional $7 million to the private lawyers who handled the state's lawsuits against the firm.

The Advocate reports GSK further agreed to drop a lawsuit it filed last year against state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell. The suit claimed the private lawyers hired by Caldwell had a "personal financial interest" in the outcome of the litigation.

Attorney Wade Shows, one of the questioned lawyers, says the $45 million is part of a $229 million settlement with seven other states. He says the money will go directly to Louisiana's Medicaid program.